Xue Junyou was surprised that he was not suspected by His Majesty the Emperor anymore. He just drank a cup of light tea calmly.
After that, they just talked about some ordinary things that a father-in-law and a son-in-law should talk about. About half an hour later, Xue Junyou left the Qianxuan Hall safely. Of course, someone still found a reason to search him, but in the end, nothing was found on him. What happened?
It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is just guessing, and there should be no substantial evidence yet.
Today, the entire harem was in panic because of the assassin. When Xue Junyou returned to the harem from Qianxuan Hall, he only paid a brief visit to the queen for a while, and then returned to the princess mansion with Anyang.
The moon was hidden in the mist, and a cold wind blew outside.
Xue Junyou left the princess mansion alone at night. The emperor had a curfew and the whole street was deserted.
Wearing a black cloak, he went alone to the place he had discussed with the Crown Prince when he was at the Imperial Medical Center.
After all, there are many people in the palace and Xue Jun is worried that he will be secretly followed after returning from Qianxuan Palace.
I came to an alley alone and walked in quietly. There were already people waiting in the deep alley.
The appearance of the visitor could not be clearly seen. Not only was he wearing night clothes, but his face was half covered, leaving only a pair of bright eyes exposed.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince entrusts you with something."
The man took out a box the size of a jewelry box from his clothes. From the sound of his voice, he must have been a woman.
The Crown Prince said that he would ask someone he trusted to come and return the box, so Xue Junyou was not too suspicious.
He took the box and opened it. There was nothing else inside, just a pile of letters. Over time, the envelopes of each letter were yellowed.
When Xue Junyou opened it for the first time in Tai Hospital, there were only these letters inside.
He carefully counted the letters inside, and after counting them, he counted them again. His hands kept moving, but he gradually became suspicious in his heart.
This number is wrong. When we were at the Imperial Hospital, Xue Junyou had counted thirty-two letters in total, but now there were only thirty left.
Apart from him, only the crown prince had touched the box, and then the person in front of him.
The Crown Prince entered the Ning'an Palace with him. If he had wanted this box in the first place, Hei Jia would never have let Hei Jia come in quickly when he heard him calling for someone.
So the only person with problems is the person in front of me.
Xue Junyou pretended that he had finished counting, put the letters into the box, and then put them away properly, then he opened his mouth to test the other party: "Why didn't His Highness come over?"
"Didn't His Highness the Crown Prince already inform you that he would send me to deliver something to you?" the other party responded immediately.
A trace of doubt appeared on Xue Junyou's face. Could it be that this person had met with the Crown Prince's people beforehand? Or maybe the two missing letters were left by the Crown Prince himself.
Seeing that the test failed, Xue Junyou didn't have the patience to continue fighting with this person, so he simply wanted to take off the black scarf that covered her face: "I only heard His Highness the Crown Prince say that he would let trusted people come here, but I never expected that She's a woman, and your voice sounds nice, so she must be a beauty, let me see your face."
After saying that, he stepped closer and reached out to pick off the black scarf, but he suddenly smelled a strong pungent smell of herbs. He quickly covered his mouth and nose, thinking it was poisonous gas.
When the man saw this, he immediately backed away. Behind her was a low wall, which anyone with some martial arts skills could climb up.
Therefore, Xue Junyou, who immediately realized that the smell of the herbal medicine was not poisonous gas, did not give her a chance and hurriedly stepped forward to capture her.
But in the deep night, there was a sudden sound of a gong, and a cold light suddenly appeared in front of Xue Junyou's eyes. The sword blade drawn by the opponent flashed, and the sword penetrated lightly into the wound Xue Junyou had suffered during the day.
The sword was drawn out very fast, just like a poisonous snake scurrying in the darkness. It didn't look like an upright swordsman, but rather like some kind of self-created swordsmanship.
"Who are you?"
Xue Junyou covered his wound and asked the man coldly in a low voice. The reason why he didn't take action was because the other person didn't want to kill him, otherwise the sword that he just couldn't dodge would have already hit him.
own heart.
"I don't care what you want to check, I just want to keep two of the letters here."
The other party came out as if he was ready to take action at any time, but his voice remained unchanged: "As for the other things inside, I haven't touched them at all. Of course, you don't have to believe it."
"What if I must ask you to keep those two letters?" Xue Junyou asked immediately.
The words fell for a long time, but the other party did not answer, but the sound of placing crossbow arrows could be heard outside the alley.
Xue Junyou frowned, forgetting about guarding the imperial capital. This woman must be the one who hurt him during the day.
Now if he took a step forward, he might be able to figure out who they were, but he had no confidence that he could dodge the crossbows from outside.
"Your Majesty already knows about the defense of the imperial capital." Xue Junyou said coldly.
"Sooner or later, we will investigate, but we will definitely not investigate at the moment." The other party seemed to think that this was not a problem, and instead asked Xue Junyou: "As for you, to be honest, I never guessed that you would be the one to investigate this matter.
"
"Originally I wasn't interested. But you guys are so vicious that you would make such an inhumane poison." Xue Jun felt worried, and then added: "You are not afraid of poisoning a woman with such a strange poison.
retribution."
"My own life is retribution, I don't care." The other party's voice changed, and it seemed that his mood also changed.
After saying that, she waved the sword blade in her hand and stabbed straight at Xue Junyou.
The speed of this sword was very slow. Xue Junyou saw that it was a feint attack, so he ducked sideways. Just as he was about to take action, crossbow arrows were fired from outside the alley.
Deep in the night alley, arrows rained down on them like a shower of arrows.
Xue Junyou was shocked and caught off guard. Are they afraid of shooting the man in black too?
While he was still thinking in his mind, Xue Junyou instinctively used his arms to block the rain of arrows, but he only felt pain and no blood.
When he came back to his senses, he realized that there were crossbow arrows everywhere, and the woman in black had already disappeared.
Xue Junyou casually blew the gun off and picked up a crossbow without an arrow. As expected, it was also a crossbow for the imperial capital.
Listening to what the other party said before, he seemed to think that it would be okay even if he alarmed His Majesty, which made Xue Junyou even more confused.
How confident are you that you dare to speculate on a current emperor who has almost slaughtered his entire clan?
... ... ...
A few days later, Xuanyang City made a big publicity about the Jiuying Protectorate's search for the assassin who had sneaked into the harem. Although the noise was huge, as Xue Junyou heard, there was still no news among the Imperial City Guards.
Xue Junyou couldn't tell what these big shots were thinking. It was a sure thing that the Imperial City's garrison showed its fox tail, but they just didn't investigate closely.
It seems that the other party is not only a woman, but also a woman who knows His Majesty the Emperor and the court very well.
Anyone who knows these two points, Xue Junyou speculates that this person's status is definitely not low, maybe a princess, and the most likely ones are the Fourth Princess and Princess Lingyang, because Ma Jiu, Dongling Marquis and they each have
implicated.
But no matter what, the big shots swallowed their anger, and Xue Junyou didn't bother himself.
In the past few days at Junde Academy, Xue Junyou was still learning the art of war and how to be a general from Uncle Sikong Shishu. When learning the six arts, he still practiced with a group of princes-in-law, and even got along with them, and occasionally asked them
Insinuating things about the fourth princess and the second princess.
Judging from their few words, neither of them looked like the woman who met Xue Junyou that day, because the fourth princess was greedy for money and lustful. Princess Lingyang had a good reputation, but she had been looked down upon since childhood, so that no matter what she did, she was afraid of hands.
Fear of feet.
Today, Xue Junyou finished his etiquette and music class and came to Shi Quan's courtyard again.
The wooden box he got back that day was given to Shi Quan on his first day at the academy, and the two of them have been reading the thirty letters inside it these days.
As for today, I finally finished reading the remaining seven letters.
Xue Junyou, who was sitting in the hall immediately, put down the letter full of writing in his hand, as if he was finally relieved, looked at Shi Quan who was sitting in the host's seat and asked: "Sir, how are you? Did you find any clues after reading?
?”
Shi Quan was silent for a long time, slowly put down the letter paper in his hand, and replied: "These thirty letters are all written by the master and Princess Nanyun. There are replies and letters, and with this connection, maybe
The reason behind the fire in Prince Nanyun’s Mansion sixteen years ago was the reason for the death of the master’s family.”
"But that happened sixteen years ago, six years more than the death of Imperial Concubine Gongsun."
Xue Junyou sighed heavily. The more clues he searches for, the more confused he becomes. Who poisoned Concubine Gongsun has not yet been found out, and this is connected to the fire in Nanyun Palace sixteen years ago.
If the investigation continues, Xue Junyou is afraid that it will lead to the Ming people's sneak attack on Dongzhou twenty years ago, or even the bloodbath of the palace by His Majesty the Emperor.
If His Majesty the Emperor is the final villain, it would be too ruinous. Wouldn't Anyang be worse off than alive?
"Yes sir."
The two were silent for a long time. Xue Junyou seemed to suddenly remember something and asked Shi Quan: "I remember the fire in Nanyun Palace. The little princess who was only five years old was also in the same room as the princess. Would she know?
What?"
"Princess Hua may really know something."
Before he finished speaking, Shi Quan himself paused for a long time, and then added: "Princess Kehua was speechless for a long time because of this incident. It may have been a psychological shock. Fortunately, King Nanyun later sent the princess to her.
She went to Nanyun Nunnery and was raised by Master Zizai, but she never mentioned that past, and she just lived alone in a Luohong Villa in Nanyun County."
In other words, I can't get any useful clues from the mouth of that princess.
Xue Junyou thought secretly in his heart, and suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion welling up in his body. He originally just wanted to find a token on how to enter the Secret Secret of Fei, but instead of thinking about it, he fell into a deep quagmire step by step.